IT Security Policy Development

Megahertz, we’ll help you determine the elements you need to consider when developing and maintaining an information security policy. We’ll design a suite of information security policy documents to cover all information security bases, which can be targeted for specific audiences such as management, technical staff, and end users.An IT security policy should:

Protect people and information

Set the rules for expected behavior by users, system administrators, management, and security personnel

Authorize security personnel to monitor, probe, and investigate

Define and authorize the consequences of violations

Define the company consensus baseline stance on security

Help minimize risk

Help track compliance with regulations and legislation

Ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their data

Provide a framework within which employees can work, are a reference for best practices, and are used to ensure users comply with legal requirements

IT Security Policy development is both the starting point and the touchstone for information security in any organization. Policies must be useable, workable and realistic while demonstrating compliance with regulatory mandates.

The Cyber Security Triad
The tension between demand for IT functionality/productivity and requirements for security is addressed through the IT security policy. The Cyber Security Triad pictured here represents:

the goals of cyber security

the means to achieve cyber security, and

the mechanisms by which cyber security goals are achieved

In general, cyber security refers to methods of using people, process, and technology to prevent, detect, and recover from damage to confidentiality, integrity and availability of information in cyberspace.

Contact us to ensure that your IT Security Policy documents are as efficient and useable as possible.